Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-01
MIcGARIGLE
Arrives I'm Canada-A Clever
Escape.


SARNIA, Ont, July 31.-BoodIer
McGarigle of Chicago, landed here
this morning from the schooner Ed.
Blake. The Blake and Marsh were in
the same tow and while in American
waters the tug Oriole, with Chicago
detectives on board steamed up to the
Marsh apparently with the intention
of having them drop the Blake's tow
line. After short conversation
Blake's tow line was let go but the
same instant the yawl left the
schooner with McGarigle and quickly
rowed for the Canadian side landing
at Point Edwards. McGarigle at
once drove to the country few miles
down the river ostensibly to catch the
boat. He was never driven back and
is now here. 1t is believed that he In
nervous over his safety in Canada ~
he keeps away from the river appa-
rently fearing attempts at Kidnapping
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
SAN Francisco, July 31.-A Chi
cago special to the Examiner says
The city is excited tonight over def
mite news that McGaTigle, the
escaped boodler, was safely land
ed in Port Edwards, Canada,
to-day, from the steamer Geo.
A. Marsh. In the fact that it was the
Marsh and not the Blake that landed
him, there is revealed an exceedin
ly clever plot. The Marsh
left here last Friday afternoon with
clearance papers that entitled her 70
run through to Buffalo, and when she
reached St. Helena she stopped for y
cargo of ties she had been chartered
to carry back to Chicago, but as soon ~
the Blake hove in sight the work of
loading was stopped and she squared
away for Lake Huron. The fact that
she cleared for Buffalo in
light trim, taken in connection
with her af er movements and
finally with her appearance at Sarnia,
proves beyond doubt that she was
chartered before she left Chicago to
convey McGarigle to Canada. The
crafty ex-warden knew that the Blake
would probably be overhauled in the
straits and searched, and he knew,
too, that he would be comparatively
safe on board the Marsh. 1t is he
lieved that the last named vessel car
ried out his trunks and other baggage
from Chicago and that they will be
landed tomorrow.
According to advices from Macki-
nav it appears that half an hour after
the Blake and Marsh were together
the tug Pendell steamed out from ST.
Ignace, and ran along side Of the
Marsh, whose master, Captain John
Freer, had called for her to tow him
out into the channel. Deputy Sherifis
Hubbard and Lochrandt, Detective
Slayton and Detective Editor were
about the tug, and while the
latter lay along side of the
Marsh, they climbed on to her deck
and chatted with Captain Freer. They
told him about McGarigle's escape
and finally about their suspicious Of the
Blake.
"Has the Blake passed yet, do you
know?" said one OF the officers.
The Captain didn't know but he
thought she had not, and would not
for at least twenty-four hours, owing
to light winds that prevailed
since her departure from Chicago
This was reassuring to the searchers
and they dropped back aboard Of their
tug with lighter hearts and brighter
hopes. Twenty minutes afterward the
Marsh, with all sails set, was scudding
gaily in the wake OF the Blake, with
McGarigle safely esconced in the cap
tain's cabin, where he remained until
theSheboygan had been left far behind.
He was abroad when the men who
were searching for him climbed ON
deck to see Captain Freer, but their
presence did not interfere with his en-
joyment Of an Havana he was smoking
Just how McGarigle got aboard
of the M arsh is not known, but it is
supposed that he jumped overheard
from the Blake and swan TO her. He
could have done this, for, as swim
mer, McGarigle is almost without